Improvement in splices for railroad rails



H. P. ADAMS.

vSplices for Railroad Rails.

NO.136,402. PatentedMarch4,l873. Iyzgl.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY IJ. ADAMS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPLICES FOR RAILROAD RAILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,402, dated March 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, HENRY I. ADAMS, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Splice for Railway Rails, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification.

Figure l is a side view ot' the rail-splice. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is an end View. Figs. 4 a-nd 5 are detached sections.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different views.

This invention has for its object the splicing of the ends of railway rails together, so that the ends ofthe tread of the rails shall be relieved frornbeing pounded upon by the wheels of the train, thereby preventing` the rails or ends thereoffrom being crushed or splintered.

The construction of the splice is as follows: In the drawing, Fig. 2, A and B represent two sections of rails, which are or may be of the ordinary shape and size. The end of section B is offset at a right angle, forming an arm, O, Fig. 5, projectingltorward beyond the end ot' the rail, as shown in said figure. The upper part or face of the arm C is about half the width of the face or tread of the rail, and the side of the arm corresponds to the web or neck of the rail, and the base thereof is made to tit closely and snugly to the web of the rail and upon its base, as shown in Fig. 3, in which it will be seen that the under side of the head of the rail rests upon the web E of the arm, and that the edge of the Yfoot or base of the rail lies against a shoulder, a, formed on the uuder side of the foot of the arm.

When the two sections A B are together, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the arm laps by and over unto the side of therail A, serving in the capacity of a splice-plate, and which is secured to the rail by one or more bolts, D.

It will be observed that the upper edge of being pounded as the wheels may pass over the joint.

The arm or splice plate, being on the outA side of the rail,oft`ers no obstruction tothe flange of the wheels; it also makes a strong joint, as the foot of the rail is braced laterally by the shoulder a ofthe arin.

I am aware that rails have been heretofore spliced in a similar waythat is, by having the rails meet each other upon an obtuse anL gle-thereby requiring the outside of the web to lie formed at an acute angle to contract the strain given outwardly by the first-named angle should the rails from any cause expand, as is frequently the'case in warm weather; nor d I claim the use ot' iron or wooden keys be tween the rails; but

WhatI do claim, and desire to secure byv Letters Patent, is-

The rails A B meeting at right angles, the rail B being provided with the arm 0constructed to closely fit the rail A from top to bottom and having the shoulder a., the several parts being constructed and arranged to form the splice, as described, and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY. I. ADAMS.

lf'itnesses:

J. H. BURRIDGE, D. L. HUMPHREY. 

